Six Miners Trapped After Quake

First Posted: 03/28/08 03:44 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:10 PM ET

AP:

HUNTINGTON, Utah - Six miners were trapped in a cave-in Monday at a coal mine, less than 20 miles from the epicenter of a minor earthquake, authorities said.

The Genwal mine reported a "cave-in" at 3:50 a.m., an hour after the magnitude 4.0 earthquake, the Emery County sheriff's office said. "Rescue workers are on scene trying to locate six miners that are unaccounted for," the sheriff's office.

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